I'm a Windows user, I have been a Linux user as well but I have found that Windows is a bit less neckbeardy for me, both have their pros and cons. ...
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Nice article - I think the WSL is amazing, and a great step in the right direction for Windows.
I've had great experiences with nvm - it's a node version manager which lets you install multiple version of node concurrently. Works really well when different projects use different versions of node - on Linux (and likely WSL) you can even hook it up to automatically switch node versions in certain directories, and anything you install globally (
npm install -g <package>) is installed only for the version currently selected.Thanks @pmcgowan , like I said I had permissions issues with
nvmsonwas a great alternative.I use
nvmon my work MBP with no issues 👌Whoops, I guess I should brush up on my reading abilities... Might look into
nfor Windows then!This is really interesting, thanks. Definitely going to need to look into this.
It's been a revelation @robdwaller if you're on Windows and don't want to dick around with virtual boxes then this is a great alternative 👌
I've switched from Ubuntu to Debian now it was as simple as installing from the Windows store and setting the default distro from PowerShell
Where can I get debian?
If you're on Windows 10 fall creators update or greater then you should be able to type "Linux" into the Windows store and you will be presented with all the variants available:
I'm not certain of the names as I can't check right now 🏢💻
Nice article Scott, I've been using WSL for a couple of months now, and it works really well.
Also may I ask, is fish running inside the WSL shell itself or is it another application like "hyper"?
Hey @jorgee97 yeah, you can install fish via bash in WSL.
You can do
sudo apt search fishsee what version is available then install withsudo apt install fishStill waiting for the day that native Linux docker runs on WSL. But I'm afraid it's never gonna happen ;)